MORFEO enters final design phase
1 : National University of Ireland [Galway]
University Rd, Galway -
Ireland
2 : Osservatorio Astronomico d'Abruzzo
Via Mentore Maggini, Teramo, TE, 64100 -
Italy
3 : Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés
University of Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS-IN2P3, UMR 5822, F-69622, Villeurbanne, France
7, Avenue Pierre de Coubertin 69622 - Villeurbanne -
France
4 : Osservatorio Astronomico d'Abruzzo
Via Mentore Maggini, Teramo, TE, 64100 -
Italy
5 : Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia "Augusto Righi"
Viale Berti Pichat 6/2 Bologna -
Italy
6 : Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble
observatoire des sciences de l'univers de Grenoble
414, Rue de la Piscine BP 53 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9 -
France
7 : European Southern Observatory
* : Corresponding author
Karl-Schwarzchild Str. 2 D-85748 Garching bei Munchen -
Germany
MORFEO (Multi-conjugate adaptive Optics Relay For ELT Observations, formerly MAORY), the MCAO system for the ELT, will provide diffraction-limited optical quality to the large field camera MICADO. MORFEO has officially passed the Preliminary Design Review and it is entering the final design phase. We present the current status of the project, with a focus on the adaptive optics system aspects and expected milestones during the next project phase